Post Global Warming Survival Kit

The ‘Post Global Warming Survival Kit’ was one of the interactive installations that had the biggest impact on me. This was set up so that the users entering the space were confronted with a pitch-black environment. Their only method of sight was night vision goggles. The fact that I had to delve into the unknown and discover what lay in front of me was very intriguing.

The room itself was quite spartan, with fumes being projected on the walls and a solitary caravan in the centre of the room. Below is a snippet taken from the transmediale site explaining in detail what the cultural context used within this installation.



“Increasing social inequality, aggravation of living standards, short-sighted environmental policy and the violation of human rights are all facts pointing to the increasing extremes of the conditions of life. These conditions are not cultural dysfunctions, but are fundamentally connected to the processes of global capital to systematically exploit the environment.”(1)

I think that the whole concept of social inequality, and a literal sense of short sighted, used in relation to night vision was quite innovative. I think that actually getting users walking around in an interactive environment, allows them to explore with all their senses, rather than having a film showing the same things. Overall I feel that this was a very successful piece.

Below is a list of resources used within this post.

Bibliography
(1) http://www.transmediale.de/en/re-articulating-scenarios-environmental-catastroph-en